Wood preservative



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WOOD PRESERVATIVE.

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To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, RoBER'r A. LEAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Yellow Springs, in the county of Greene and State of Ohio, have invented certain new-and useful Improvements in Wood Preservatives; and I do hereby declare the followin to be a full, clear, and exact description 0 the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the .art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to a Wood preserving composition which is adapted to be applied .to the surface thereof byineans of a brush or other article adapted to spread a'liquld coating upon a surface.

The composition is applicable to posts, piles, railway ties and other timber and resists the action of moisture and the elements.

In preparing the composition, the ingredients herelns-pecified are compounded in about the proportions stated, i. e.,

Boiled linseed oil 4% gals. Pulverlzed charcoal 2 lbs. Turpentine 1 pt.

These ingredients are mixed and should in presence of two I Specification of Letters Patent. PatntedJan, 1'7, 1922,

Application filed Batch 28, 1921. Serial No. 456,162. i

make about five gallons of the mixture which I is then ready for use. The wood to. be preserved is coated with the composition,- the same being applied to. the surface thereof by means of a brush, mop or other article capable of spreading the composition. It hasv been discovered that wood coated with theing boiled linseed oil, four and one-half galturpentine, one pint. I

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature witnesses. ROBERT A. LEAM.

Witnesses C. S. SHELDON, CHAS. H. ELLIS.

lons, pulverized charcoal, two pou ids, and 

